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<br /> Joint Development Authority <br />TCAAP Redevelopment Project <br />Joint Development Authority <br />TCAAP Redevelopment Project <br />AGENDA ITEM 8a <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: June 2, 2025 <br /> <br />TO: Joint Development Authority Board of Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Directors Mitchell and Jagoe <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Approve Support Letter for Xcel Thermal Energy Network Demonstration Project <br /> <br />In February 2025, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved Xcel Energy’s Natural Gas <br />Innovation Plan, in response to Minnesota’s 2021 Natural Gas Innovation Act. The plan is intended to <br />reduce greenhouse gas emissions, explore innovative technologies, and support the state’s transition to <br />a lower-carbon energy future. Xcel Energy's plan includes several pilot programs and research and <br />development projects. One of them is a Thermal Energy Network demonstration project for a roughly <br />500-ton community ground-source heat pump system owned and operated by Xcel that will provide <br />building heating and cooling as an archetype project. <br /> <br />Xcel requests interested communities submit a letter of support for the pilot project saying they would <br />help identify an appropriate site for the project and promote and facilitate the project if selected. By <br />submitting this letter, Xcel will consider our community for participation in this demonstration project, <br />but there is no obligation to participate. <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Xcel Energy Utility Thermal Energy Network Information Sheet <br />2. Xcel Thermal Energy Network Support Letter Template <br /> <br />Action Requested: <br />Approve support letter for Xcel Thermal Energy Network demonstration project for JDA Chair signature <br />and direct staff to bring to respective elected bodies for consideration of support <br /> <br /> <br />